Parent Bulletin # 26

March 10, 2023

All things green

Many of our Wildcats are using their STEM skills to build traps for the leprechauns that historically unfurl their pranks throughout Willow School next week. Those tiny tricksters knock over furniture, make a mess, and leave trails of glitter all over the place. I've been here a long time and despite the many sightings, we have yet to catch one! Friday we expect to be awash in green and rainbows!

You'll see from this week's pictures that our staff and students have been hard at work both academically and creatively. The academic growth is reflected in the report card that went home ysterday. If you have any questions, please reach out.

Please find time to do the 5 Essentials survey to let us know your thoughts about Willow: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

Top of the weekend to you!

and the winners are....drum roll, please...

Read-A-Thon Results

Total Donations: $17,863.50

Total Accounts Activated: 402

Total Minutes Read: 51,820

Top Reader-Minutes: 1,736, Dexter Schuler-4th Grade

Top Donation-Amount Raised: $680.00, Eddie Starks-Kindergarten

Top Class-Donations: $1,875.00, Megan Jasutis-Kindergarten

Top Class-Minutes: 7,894, Christopher Kovarik-4th Grade

We are super proud of all our classes and students that participated! We will list our student winners next week!

Family Conversations:

"It's nice to be important, but it's more imortnat to be nice."- John Templeton

Here's a thought for the week. How can you and your family follow this advice?

Calendar:

Mar 15: Kindergarten Orientation at 6:30 PM

Mar 24: PreK Fun Friday

Apr 3-7: Spring Break- no school

Apr 4: School Librarian Appreciation Day- we'll recognize April 11th

Apr 5: Assistant Principal Appeciation Day- we'll recognize April 12th

Apr 28: PreK Fun Friday

May 19: PreK Fun Friday

PTA General meeting

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Shout outs:

If your child's teachers are doing a great job, you can let them know here: https://forms.office.com/r/a7tgKcAjkK. I share any responses in the staff bulletin.

Another way to shout them out is to nominate him/her/them for a Crystal Apple Award from School Specialty. You can find the short application here: https://www.schoolspecialty.com/crystal-apple?utm_campaign=b2c_crystalapple_2023&utm_source=mc_prb2csada_030823&utm_medium=email&sfmc_id=115372547&all_campaigns=b2c_crystalapple_2023-b2c_blogcontent_2023-b2c_fe_pbd_2023-b2c_funding_2023&utm_content=crystalapple2023_img

From the nurse:

In the case of an emergency, the nurse’s office has a stock of undesignated medication to be administered as needed: epinephrine for anaphylaxis, albuterol for respiratory distress, and naloxone (Narcan) for opioid overdose. Parents/guardians will be contacted prior to administration, and notified of their student’s status. If the medicine is necessary, it is possible that further evaluation by emergency personnel is also needed. If you have any questions, please reach out to our nurse, Bethany Long at Bethany.Long@hsd153.org.